List of state leaders in 1501

Africa

Akan state of Twifo-Heman – Ofusu Kwabi (c. 1500-c. 1520)

Kingdom of Buganda –

1. Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (c. 1474-c. 1501)
2. Kiyimba, Kabaka of Buganda (c. 1501)

Ethiopian Empire – Na'od (1494–1508)

Adal Sultanate – Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)

Kingdom of Kongo – João I, Manikongo (bef.1482–1505)

Kingdom of Rwanda – Cyirima I (c. 1428-c. 1506)

Songhai Empire – Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)

Americas

Aztec Empire – Ahuitzotl (1486–1502)

Inca Empire – Huayna Capac (1493–1527)

Muisca Confederation

zipa - Nemequene (1490–1514)

zaque - Quemuenchatocha (1490–1538)

Texcoco – Nezahualpilli, King of Texcoco (1472–1515)

Asia

Ahmadnagar Sultanate – Ahmad Shah I (1490–1509)

Ava Kingdom (Burma) - Minkhaung II (1480–1501)

Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) - Ramathibodi II (1491–1529)

Bahmani Sultanate – Muhammad Shah IV (1482–1518)

Bengal Sultanate – Alauddin Husain Shah (1494–1518)

Berar Sultanate – Fath-Allah 'Imad ul-Mulk (1490–1504)

Bidar Sultanate – Qasim Shah I (1492–1504)

Bijapur Sultanate – Yusuf Adil Shah (1490–1510)

Cambodia - Sri Sukonthor, King of Cambodia (1486–1512)

Kingdom of Kotte – Parakramabahu VIII (1484–1508)

Chiang Mai – Müang Kaeo (1495–1526)

China (Ming dynasty) - Hongzhi Emperor (1487–1505)

Delhi Sultanate – Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517)

Đại Việt Later Lê dynasty - Lê Hiến Tông (1497–1504)

Gujarat Sultanate – Mahmud Shah I (1458–1511)

Japan (Sengoku period)

Monarch – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)

Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)

Kedah Sultanate – Mohammed Jiwa Zainal al-Abidin I (1472–1506)

Joseon (Korea) – Yeonsangun (1494–1506)

Lan Xang (Vientiane) - Visunarat, King of Lan Xang (1500–1520)

Malacca Sultanate – Mahmud Shah I (1488–1510)

Malwa Sultanate – Nasr Shah (1500–1511)

Multan – Husseyn Langah I (1456–1502)

Gajapati Kingdom (Odisha) – Prataparudra Deva (1497–1540)

Sultanate of Pahang – Mansur I (1475–1519)

Hanthawaddy Kingdom – Binnya Ran II (1492–1526)

Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Shin (1477–1526)

Sindh (Samma Dynasty) - Jam Nizamuddin II (1492–1521)

Vijayanagara Empire – Narasimha Raya II (1491–1505)

Europe

Andorra –

Pere de Cardona, Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (1472–1515)

Catherine of Navarre, Co-Princess of Andorra (1483–1516)

Kingdom of Aragon – Ferdinand II the Catholic (1479–1516)

Crown of Castile – Isabella I (1474–1504)

Crimean Khanate – Meñli I Giray (1478–1515)

Kingdom of Denmark and Norway – Hans (1481–1513) (1497–1501)

Duchy of Schleswig – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule

Kingdom of England – Henry VII (1485–1509)

Kingdom of France – Louis XII (1498–1515)

Lordship (seigneurie) of Albret – Alain I (1471–1522)

Duchy of Alençon – Charles IV (1492–1525)

County of Armagnac – Margaret (1481–1549)

Bourbonnais – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1488–1503) and Count of Marche (1477–1503)

Duchy of Brittany – Anne (1488–1514)

County of Nevers – Engelbert of Cleves (1491–1506)

Holy Roman Empire – Maximilian I (1493–1519)

Principality of Anhalt-Köthen – Waldemar VI (1471–1508)

County of Arenberg – Eberhard IV (1496–1531)

Margraviate of Baden-Baden – Christoph I (1475–1515) (1475–1515)

Margraviate of Baden-Sausenberg – Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1487–1503)

Barby-Barby - Burchard IV, Count of Barby-Barby (1493–1506)

Barby-Ruppin - Joachim I (1500–1507)

Duchy of Bavaria-Dachau – Sigismund (1467–1501)

Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut – George the Rich (1479–1503)

Duchy of Bavaria-Munich – Albert IV (1467–1508)

County of Bentheim-Bentheim – Eberwin II (1473–1530)

County of Bentheim-Lingen –

Otto (1450–1508)

Nicholas III (1493–1508)

County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Arnold II (1498–1544)

County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg – Otto VIII (1493–1526)

Kingdom of Bohemia – Vladislav II (1471–1516)

Electorate of Brandenburg – Joachim I Nestor (1499–1535)

Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach – Frederick I (1486–1515) and Margrave of Bayreuth (1495–1515)

Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – Johann Rode von Wale (1497–1511)

Duchy of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Wolfenbüttel line – Henry IV (1491–1514)

County of Burgundy – Philip IV the Fair, Duke of Brabant, Count of Burgundy and Count of Artois (1482–1506)

County of Castell –

George I (1498–1528)

Wolfgang I (1498–1546)

Duchy of Cieszyn – Kazimierz II (1477–1528)

Electorate of Cologne – Hermann IV of Hesse (1480–1508)

Duchy of Cleves–County of Mark – John II the Pious (1481–1521)

County of East Frisia – Edzard I, the Great (1491–1528)

Fürstenberg-Baar - Wolfgang, Count of Fürstenberg-Baar (1499–1509)

Duchy of Guelders – Charles II (1492–1538)

Landgraviate of Hesse – William II (1500–1509)

Duchy of Ferrara and Duchy of Modena and Reggio – Ercole I d'Este (1471–1505)

Duchy of Holstein – Frederick I (1490–1533) and John I (1481–1513) in condominial rule

Isenburg-Büdingen - Louis II, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen (1461–1511)

Königsegg – John IV, Baron of Königsegg (1500–1544)

Archbishopric of Magdeburg – Ernst II of Saxony (1475–1513)

Electorate of Mainz – Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild (1484–1504)

Margravate of Mantua – Francesco II Gonzaga (1484–1519)

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Magnus II (1477–1503)

Duchy of Milan – Louis XII of France (1500–1512)

Principality of Mindelheim – Georg von Frundsberg (1478–1528)

Nassau-Weilburg - Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1492–1523)

Nieder-Isenburg - James, Count of Nieder-Isenburg (1486–1503)

Limburg-Styrum –

John III, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1473–1510)

Adolph, Count of Limburg-Styrum (1493–1505)

Duchy of Lorraine – René II (1473–1508) and Duke of Bar (1483–1508)

Duchy of Opole – John the Good (1476–1532)

Principality of Orange – John II of Châlon (1475–1502)

Ortenburg-Neuortenburg - Ulrich II, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg (1495–1524)

Öttingen-Wallerstein - Louis XIII, Count of Öttingen-Wallerstein (1449–1517)

Electorate of the Palatinate – Philip (1476–1508)

Pappenheim – William, Lord of Pappenheim (1482–1508)

Duchy of Pomerania – Bogislaw X (1478–1523)

Runkel - John, Count of Runkel (1460–1521)

Salm-Kyrburg – John VII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg (1499–1531)

Duchy of Saxony Albertine branch - George (1500–1539)

Saxony

Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg – John V (1463–1507)

Electorate of Saxony Ernestine branch - Frederick III (1486–1525)

County of Sayn –

Gerhard III (1493–1506)

John IV (1498–1529)

Schönborn – John IV, Lord of Schönborn (1490–1529)

Bishopric of Sion – Matthäus Schiner (1499–1522)

Solms-Braunfels – Otto II, Count of Solm-Braunfels (1459–1504)

Stadion (state) – Nicholas, Lord of Stadion (1479–1507)

Stolberg-Stolberg - Henry IX, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1455–1511)

Archbishopric of Trier – Johann II of Baden (1456–1503)

Archbishopric of Utrecht – Frederik IV van Baden (1496–1517)

County of Wied –

William III (1487–1526)

John I (1487–1533)

Bishopric of Worms – Johann II von Dalberg (1482–1503)

Duchy of Württemberg – Ulrich (1498–1519)

Bishopric of Würzburg – Lorenz von Bibra (1495–1519)

Kingdom of Hungary – Ladislaus II (1490–1516) and King of Bohemia (1471–1516)

Ireland

Kingdom of Airgíalla – Rossa mac Maghnusa (1497–1513)

Kingdom of Breifne – Eoghan mac Tighearnain Oig (1500–1528)

Kingdom of East Breifne – Seaan mac Cathail (1491–1510)

Uí Maine – Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (1499–1511)

Síol Anmchadha – Breasal mac Eoghan Ua Madadhan, Lord of Síol Anmchadha (1479–1526)

Kingdom of Leinster – Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh (1478–1512)

Kingdom of Magh Luirg – Cormac MacDermott (1499–1528)

Principality of Moldavia – Stephen III the Great (1457–1504)

Grand Duchy of Moscow – Ivan III of Russia (1462–1505)

Kingdom of Naples –

1. Frederick IV (1496–1501)
2. Louis XII of France (1501–1504)

Kingdom of Navarre –

Catherine (1483–1516)

John III d'Albret (1484–1516)

Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid II (1481–1512)

Papal States – Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503)

Polish–Lithuanian union –

1. Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland (1492–1501)
2. Alexander Jagiellon, King of Poland (1501–1506) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492–1506)

Duchy of Masovia – Konrad III Rudy (1454–1503)

Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Manuel I (1495–1521)

Knights of Rhodes – Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master (1476–1503)

Duchy of Savoy – Philibert II (1497–1504)

Kingdom of Scotland – James IV (1488–1513)

Kingdom of Sweden – Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1501–1503)

Teutonic Order – Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1497–1510)

Republic of Venice –

1. Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice (1486–1501)
2. Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501–1523)

Duchy of the Archipelago – Francesco III Crispo (1500–1511)

Principality of Wallachia – Radu IV the Great (1495–1508)

Middle East and North Africa

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt –

1. Janbalat (1500–1501)
2. Tuman Bay (1501)
3. Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri (1501–1516)